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Response to "She"?

I think that "she refers to the Ryukyu kingdom. It commonly is used to refer to countries, ships etc. Leon Trotsky 10:05 25 November 2005

Origins of the Ryukyuans

Where did the Ryukyuans come from before they came to Japan? Leon Trotsky 10:06 25 November 2005

Probably Taiwan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.116.152.206 (talk • contribs) 2006-10-12T18:05:45

The Ryukyuans came in separate waves into the Ryukyuan islands. The first major wave was from Kyushu by people who were either related to the Jomons or were the Jomons themselves. Later as the Yayoi began immigrating into the Japanese islands, more Jomon began to flee southward. Evidence of Jomon style pottery found in Okinawa exist. Later during the shell trading period, more migrants from Kyushu, who could possibly be more related to the Yayoi, emigrated to the Ryukyu Islands.

To sum it up, the Okinawans are descended from both the Jomon and the Yayoi. The latter existing in mainland Japan for tends of thousands of centuries, and the latter migrating from Mainland Asia more recently in comparison.

However, archaeological advances have led towards the discovery of the "Minatogawa Man" in southern Okinawa. Considered to be one of the oldest and one of the most complete fossils found in Asia. The skull of the Minatogawa Man is more similar to skulls found in Java than those in Japan. However due to the long time gap between these fossils, and the next oldest fossils discovered in Okinawa, there is not enough evidence to conclude any kind of relation between the Minatogawa man and modern Ryukyuans. —Preceding unsigned comment added by FatShiisaa (talk • contribs) 2008-08-10T04:40:15

Citation 404

26. "The Special Rapporteur on Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance" (PDF). The link leads to 404 page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yomitron (talk • contribs) 03:56, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Yomitron: - Thanks for the heads up; I've added an archived url for that reference now.--Ineffablebookkeeper (talk) ({{ping}} me!) 12:22, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ryukyuans everywhere in JUMBAC countries

Ryukyuan diasporas exist in JUMBAC countries, namely the United States, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Chile. As of 2022, there are about 580,000 of them in the United States, about 480,000 in Japan, about 260,000 in Brazil, about 90,000 in Argentina, about 70,000 in Mexico and about 60,000 in Chile. 2603:7000:CA01:E5A6:BD43:122F:FB11:3C7E (talk) 01:57, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

1.8 million people in Okinawa?

I think something is wrong with the statement that there are 1,800,000 Ryukyuans in Okinawa. The Wikipedia page for the Okinawa Prefecture states that there are 1,466,870 people living in the prefecture. Even if we assume all Okinawans to be Ryukyuan, there is still a very large number gap. Can anyone explain this? 2604:3D08:8B80:F00:65E5:2B96:895E:4E1 (talk) 20:34, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I came here to say the same thing. It must be a typo. The link in the citation just gives the total population of Okinawa, without a break down on ethnic group. MarcusGraly (talk) 02:41, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

December 2024 move

I moved the article from Ryukyuan people to Ryukyuans per WP:COMMONNAME (Google Ngram results show overwhelming use of target) and for the sake of consistency, to match other articles of ethnic groups with pluralisable names (e.g. Germans, Tibetans, Ukrainians). Yue🌙 02:20, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]